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What are SIGs?
They are actually small groups of CCSC (Computer Club of Sun City) members meeting together to discuss a designated computer topic. Generally SIGs are held weekly or monthly but not always. There is no charge or pre-registration required for these SIG Groups. |
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CD Burning Pat DeRosia 3rd Wednesday of January, March, May, September, and November 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
No meeting in July.
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Computer Animation Arnie Adams SIG discontinued as of April, 2010
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Computer Backup & Restore Bob Heath
4th
Thursdays
No meetings
in June and August; July meeting will be on the 3rd Thursday in 2010
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Computer Clinic
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Digital
Photography Gary Howard Frank Dale 1st and 3rd Tuesdays 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
No meetings June, July, August, and
the first Tuesday in September
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Flight Simulator
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Genealogy Tom Mulgrew
2nd Wednesday
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Ink Well Ann Rose Hering 1st Monday 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Cancelled until further notice
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Investors
No meetings on 4th Saturdays in
June, July, and August
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Print Artist Ann Rose Hering 2nd Monday 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
No meetings
May, June, July,
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Round Table Discussion
1st Friday
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Speak and Listen
3rd Monday
No meetings May, June, July,
August, and September
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Tech Followed by a discussion on Ubuntu/Linux at 10 a.m.
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Virus Protection No meeting in August
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Windows XP & E-mail Barry Spinka
SIG discontinued as of
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Vista/Windows 7 Bill McLaughlin
4th Monday
No meetings June, July, and August
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CD
Burning
Our
meetings are held on the third Wednesday of alternate months (January, March,
May, September, and November except no meeting in July). This SIG is open to all club members
and guests. Bring your compact disc (CD) burning questions
to the meetings.
Computer
Animation
Using Serif DrawPlus 4.0 (can be obtained free), we will demonstrate making
animations using clipart or drawings. These animations can be used in e-mail and
in slideshows.
Computer
Backup & Restore
The scope of this SIG will include the following:
1) Windows System Restore
Our
meetings are held on the second and fourth Friday of each month. The purpose of
this clinic is to discuss computer hardware and software problems. Bring your
questions and we will try to answer them.
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go to the web site.
2) Online Backup & Restore (e.g., Carbonite, Mozy, Cox, and Qwest online backup
services)
3) Acronis True Image 2009 and 2010
4) Hard Drive Partitioning
- For instructions on Windows 7 disk partitioning,
click on this link: Win7 Disk Partition
Computer Clinic
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go to the web site.
| Digital Photography |  |
No meetings during June, July, August, and the first Tuesday in September. |
This Special Interest Group covers all aspects of digital photography from digital camera stills to camcorders and burning SVCDs, VCDs, and DVDs of your old prints, digital stills, and 8mm or VHS tapes to DVD.
The first Tuesday session is devoted to demonstrating the various software programs for enhancing digital stills or video editing programs to create movies or slide shows with background music, narration, transitions, and titles.
The third Tuesday is devoted to participation by our members in "Show and Tell" discussion of problems and solutions.
| Flight Simulator |
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Microsoft Flight Simulator programs offer simulator realism, which until quite recently, was found only in multi million dollar military and commercial trainers. Now, with a minimal investment in program and flight controls, anyone can learn to fly anything from the J-3 Piper to some of the most modern aircraft known today. This SIG offers group and individual training for those who always wanted to fly, but somehow just never got around to it.
The
Airbus A380, built by France and England to compete with Boeing, is a two deck
airliner that will carry 550 passengers half way around the world.
They haven't tried to operate it off an aircraft carrier but the CCSC Flight Sim
SIG managed to take off and land it on the USS Stennis. If you listen closely
you can hear the tires squeal!
| Genealogy |
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The Genealogy SIG is held on the second Wednesday of the month at 9:00 a.m.
Anyone interested in doing his/her family history can join the Genealogy SIG to discover how family history records can be kept easily using various software programs. The word genealogy is derived from the Greek and means the study of family history and descent. Genealogies, or the recorded histories of the descent of a person or family from their ancestors, are also often referred to as family trees or sometimes as lineages or pedigrees. This Special Interest Group meets to develop knowledge of genealogy and to exchange information about how to use Family Tree Maker software. If you are interested in tracing your roots, join us at 9:00 a.m. on the second Wednesday of the month.
| Ink Well |
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Meetings cancelled until further notice. |
Members interested in learning more about printers, whether it’s troubleshooting a problem, figuring out how to print an envelope, or learning more about the ink cartridges that go into your printer, are invited to attend. If you are fairly knowledgeable in how your particular printer operates, consider attending to lend support to fellow club members who have the same printer as you. If you are fairly experienced in refilling your cartridges or are a “happy tinkerer” and would like to help others gain more knowledge in this area, we could use your expertise.
| Investors |
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Investment is an important part of today's senior's activities. The Internet gives the latest information in seconds. The computer facilitates acquiring this data and in its analysis. This SIG does not make investment recommendations but does offer numerous valuable tools and ideas on how to preserve your assets and make your money grow.
Local Investors' Meetings - click here
Internet Sites for Investors & Traders - click here
Another helpful site you might want to try
is:
The Smart Money site
http://www.smartmoney.com/
| Print Artist |
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No meetings during May, June, July, August, September, and December. |
We are the Print Artist SIG (Special Interest Group) of the Computer Club of Sun City. Our Print Artist SIG has approximately 200 members who attend monthly meetings where we have instructional demonstrations, help sessions/problem solving, and the exchange of ideas on new and innovative ways to use the program. Print Artist is a very popular graphics program used by our members to make greeting cards, envelopes, business/calling cards, signs, labels, banners, t-shirt/sweatshirt transfers, and many various craft projects.
| Round Table Discussion |
Our meetings are held on the first Friday of each month. This SIG is open to all club members. The discussions are prompted by participation of those who attend. Bring your computer hardware and software questions to the meetings, and we will try to answer them for you.
| Speak and Listen to Your Computer |
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Click on the graphic to go to the web site. No meetings during May, June, July, August, and September. |
It is here, and it works. Talk to your computer, and it will type what you speak. Come join us in the Speak and Listen to Your Computer SIG, and learn about Dragon Naturally Speaking 10 and other talk-and-type programs.
If you can’t type but can talk to your computer, this is for you. It is easy to learn, it works, and you will love it.
| Tech |
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Our meetings are held on the third Friday of each month. This SIG is designed for the experienced computer user; however, it is open to all club members. Our discussions are centered around high tech computer equipment and internet setup. We also discuss programming such as Visual Basic, Access, Excel and Java Script.
The Tech SIG is followed by a discussion on Ubuntu/Linux at 10:00 a.m.
| Virus Protection |
Our meetings are held on the third Wednesday of alternate months (February, April, June, October, and December). This SIG is open to all club members and guests. Our discussions and presentations include various virus protection programs, including the free AVG software. Bring your virus protection questions to the meetings.
| Windows XP & E-mail |
Meets on the 2nd Monday of the month at 9:00 a.m. |
All issues relating to the Windows XP operating system are discussed in this SIG.
The setup and use of the e-mail program Outlook Express (Outlook Express is part of Windows XP) will be discussed. In addition, we will provide MSN, AOL, and Juno users an alternative method of browsing using Internet Explorer and the setup and use of the Outlook Express e-mail program.
| Vista/Windows 7 & E-mail |
No meetings during June, July, and August. |
All issues relating to the Windows Vista and the new Windows 7 operating systems are discussed in this
SIG.
The setup and use of the e-mail program Windows Mail (Windows Mail is part of Windows Vista) will be discussed. In addition, we will provide MSN, AOL, and Juno users an alternative method of browsing using Internet Explorer and the setup and use of the Windows Mail e-mail program.
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